In 1875, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began in Tyler, Texas. James W. Paramore, who led a group of investors that later owned the company, saw this railroad as a way to establish St. Louis as ...

Dallas officials want to do away with a planned DART station near the intersection of Coit Road and the Cotton Belt railroad crossing. But Plano leaders want the station on DART's first east-west ...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — All Aboard!!!! Discover Arkansas made their way to Pine Bluff, Ark. to check out the Arkansas Railroad Museum. In 1983 a few volunteers formed the Cotton Belt Rail Historic Society.

Begun in 1981, this year marks the 42nd anniversary of the Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Fest, an event founded to celebrate the unique railroad history of Fordyce and South Arkansas. The week of events ...

DALLAS – Dallas Area Rapid Transit will bring the 26-mile Cotton Belt commuter rail line closer to completion this week with a $908 million federal loan, officials said. “The loan really made the ...

The new owners of the Cotton Belt railroad bridge want the public’s help in determining the future of this piece of Waco’s past. The nonprofit City Center Waco received the iron truss bridge last year ...

Culminating on Saturday this year, the Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival will get "back on track" after being postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. The festivity was first launched in 1981 to ...

Downtown development officials hope an engineering study will help them win a grant to transform the abandoned Cotton Belt railroad bridge into a recreation destination. The Public Improvement ...

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) board unanimously approved construction of an east-west commuter rail line linking communities to the north of the city, albeit with fewer stations than previously ...

An Amtrack passenger train in HO scale in the Cotton Belt Depot in Tyler. (File photos) The Cotton Belt Depot was opened to the public in 1905 and continued service until the last passenger train, No.